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Combining premium acoustics and ergonomics, the Sennheiser HD 558 circumaural headphone gives you a new level of experience in your music and movies. With its special internal Surround Reflector, the HD 558 is able to generate an extended spatial sound field, while the innovative E.A.R. technology ensures accurate channeling of audio signals into your ears. Sophisticated Duofol diaphragms reduce unwanted resonances to an absolute minimum for a pure audio reproduction. Skin-caressing velour earpads and the headband cushion ensure outstanding wearing comfort, even for long listening sessions.

Lightweight aluminium voice coils for high efficiency and excellent dynamics

Elegantly layered honeycomb finish on ear cup casings

Extremely comfortable velour ear pads and headband

Excellent connectivity, also with home Hifi equipment

Package Contents

Package Contents

HD 558 headphones, 3.5 mm adaptor

Manufacturer Warranty

Parts

2 years limited

Labor

2 years limited

Quick Info

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Rating: 4/5Meh...

Pros: They are nice headphones... i guess. I don't want to hate on them too much because i feel like it's personal preference therefore i'm not putting the eggs through the floor. they do have good build quality and feel very nice.

Cons: No amount of EQ in the world can bring the treble out in these headphones it doesn't matter what i do. also when it says open style it means OPEN don't just shrug it off. my dad was across the house when i had them at 1/4 volume and was complaining for me to turn it down. Also the sound signature is fairly muffled almost like it's coming from another room.

Other Thoughts: my personal experience is truly a 1 egg rating i prefer my old cruddy turtle beach x41's to these (xbox360 headset im using with my pc) and since most of you probably doubt me at this point, yes i am using an amplified sound card, 600 ohm amp, so that is not the problem with the sound. however i feel that most of my bad experience is preference related. if you like a lot of treble like i do and enjoy the sound of guitars being out front in your music, these are not the headphones for you it can't be done no amount of EQ can make it work. maybe i'm naive for expecting this out of open headphones but i feel this review could be helpful to anyone like myself

Other Thoughts: I have been a Sennheiser customer for nearly 8 years and this particular pair of headphones are everything they were promised to be. My old pair of phones (HD555's) lasted me for 6 years of travel and rough ware. My old headphones are built relatively similar to the HD 558's. At first I was a little off put with the longer cord, but I learned to embrace the freedom the cord offered. I have already noticed the level of ease that parts can be replaced on these phones and it should make for easy repair in the worst case scenario. If you're interested in a very sleek, high quality sound pair of headphones you cannot go wrong with the HD 558's. I recommend these phones to anyone interested in listening/playing music, gaming, or simply having amazing headphones.

Rating: 3/5Decent headphones.

Pros: The strongest feature of these headphones is the comfort. They have nice clamping force so the headset never feels like it will shift, on larger heads it might be a bit much though. Very soft plush ear cups that don't squeak when wearing glasses like many others do. Good even sealing around the ears. Nice sounding highs and high mids. Breathe well since they are open backed and while their soundstage is small, they sound much better than most closed back headphones I've used.

Cons: Waaaaaaaay too much bass. And not the good kind of bass. Very distorted and loose, so much so that it starts to muffle the mids. If you've only used mid to mid high quality closed back headphones these will sound pretty nice. But coming back to these after using a bass port modified AKG Q701 makes them sound like a murky mess. You also begin to realize how small the soundstage is... like the sound is being funneled straight into your ears. Not realistic at all.

The build quality on these headphones is good, but is also a bit worrisome as the strap and earcups are completely plastic. They don't creak or anything, but it would have been nice to see some metal band reinforcement. Because they clamp so well I was always a bit afraid of stretching them to far when putting them on.

Other Thoughts: I evaluated 16 headphones from various manufacturers from the 120-250 dollar range. I would say these ranked about 6th overall and most of those points were for comfort alone. Soundwise I would have ranked them about 10th. I've since sent these back in favor of my overall winner, the AKG Q701 after removing the bass port sticker/governor. Makes it hard to listen to anything else.

Rating: 5/5Sennheiser 558 Headphones

Pros: The quality of these headphones is absolutely phenomenal. If you are looking for headphones in this price range, these are a great pick. On top of the sound quality, these are the most comfortable headphones I have ever worn. I fell asleep while wearing them on the first night of having them and they didn't bother me at all.

Cons: The only fault I have with these is not with the headphones themselves, but with the audio sources that I use. My PC does not put out enough power to fully utilize these headphones, so I went ahead and purchased an amplifier to allow me to use these to their highest potential.

Bass is a little weak although that can be fiddled with a little bit with soundcard.

Cord is VERY long - this may not be an issue for you depending on how you want to use it, I have just zip-tied a few loops to shorten the cable. (Why has Sennheiser not released different length and style cables if they are replaceable?)

Other Thoughts: I have these paired with a SoundBlaster Z soundcard which runs to a Fiio e9 headphone amp (used as amp but also to control sound levels from desktop to speakers or headphones) and works wonderfully. (highly reccomend both items)

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